1920 United States presidential election

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The 1920 United States presidential election was a post-World War I contest marked by Republican dominance and a public desire for a "return to normalcy" after years of progressive reform and global conflict.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States presidential election
allowedWomenToVoteNationwide true
carriedStatesByLoser 11
carriedStatesByWinner 37
context First Red Scare
Progressive Era fatigue
post-World War I era
country United States
date 1920-11-02
electoralVoteLoser James M. Cox
electoralVotesForLoser 127
electoralVotesForWinner 404
electoralVoteWinner Warren G. Harding
expandedElectorate first presidential election after ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment
incumbentParty Democratic Party (United States)
linked to: Democratic Party
incumbentPresident Woodrow Wilson
loser James M. Cox
losingParty Democratic Party (United States)
linked to: Democratic Party
mainIssue League of Nations
economic recession of 1919–1920
post-World War I adjustment
public desire for a return to normalcy
markedBy Republican dominance
public desire for stability and normal life
rejection of Wilsonian internationalism
nextElection 1924 United States presidential election
numberOfElectors 531
officeContested President of the United States
Vice President of the United States
popularVoteForLoser 9,147,353
popularVoteForWinner 16,152,200
popularVoteLoser James M. Cox
popularVotePercentageForLoser 34.1
popularVotePercentageForWinner 60.3
popularVoteWinner Warren G. Harding
previousElection 1916 United States presidential election
resultedIn election of Calvin Coolidge as vice president of the United States
election of Warren G. Harding as 29th president of the United States
runningMateOfLoser Franklin D. Roosevelt
runningMateOfWinner Calvin Coolidge
slogan Return to Normalcy
thirdParty Socialist Party of America
thirdPartyCandidate Eugene V. Debs
thirdPartyCandidatePopularVote 913,693
thirdPartyCandidatePopularVotePercentage 3.4
tookPlaceDuring Spanish flu pandemic aftermath
voterTurnoutPercentage 49.2
winner Warren G. Harding
winningParty Republican Party (United States)
linked to: Republican Party

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Warren G. Harding election 1920 United States presidential election
James M. Cox candidateInElection 1920 United States presidential election
United States presidential election, 1916 nextElection United States presidential election, 1920
linked to: 1920 United States presidential election
1924 United States presidential election previousElection 1920 United States presidential election
Return to Normalcy associatedWith Warren G. Harding 1920 presidential campaign
linked to: 1920 United States presidential election